For its major exhibition 2023, the Musée d’arts de Nantes looks at hyperrealistic sculpture. Since the 1990s there has been a renewed interest in this art form which has rarely been exhibited in France since its birth in the United States during the 1960s.
Through over thirty works by eleven international sculptors, some of which have never been exhibited before, the Musée d’arts explores the profoundly human and sensitive characteristics of these meticulously realistic sculptures, and the striking illusions they create. A sensory experience and not-to-be-missed event!
The artists exhibited : Gilles Barbier, Berlinde De Bruyckere, John DeAndrea, Daniel Firman, Duane Hanson, Sam Jinks, Tony Matelli, Saana Murtti, Evan Penny, Marc Sijan and Tip Toland
General curatorship:
Sophie Lévy, Director-Curator of the Musée d’arts de Nantes.
Scientific curatorship:
Katell Jaffrès, Contemporary Art Manager at the Musée d’arts de Nantes, assisted by Salomé Van Eynde, Exhibition Assistant at the Musée d’arts de Nantes
